Erosion, Scour, and Foundation Design January 2009 Page 5 of 8 Review of the table shows several key points: â¢ Increasing pile embedment will not offset foundation inadequacy (bending failure) resulting from too small a pile cross-section or too weak a pile material.
No. India is a country in the continent of Asia, and lends its name  to the Indian subcontinent, which is largely, but by no means  totally covered by India.
India, the most populous country in South Asia, is a peninsula. Bounded by Nepal and the Himalaya mountains to the north, Pakistan to the northwest, the Indian Ocean to the south, the Arabian Sea to the west, and the Bay of Bengal to the east, India occupies about 1,560,000 square miles.